| Republic of Ireland Under-17 | |
| Association: | Football Association of Ireland |
| Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
| Coach: | Colin O'Brien |
| Fifa Trigramme: | IRL |
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| First Game: | Norway 2–2 vs Rep. of Ireland  (Kongsvinger, Norway; 13 October 1985) (as U16s) Rep. of Ireland 4–0 vs Cyprus (Dublin, Ireland; 4 March 2002) (as U17s) |
| Largest Win: | Rep. of Ireland 8–0 vs Liechtenstein (Almaty, Kazakhstan; 19 October 2011) |
| Largest Loss: | Rep. of Ireland 0–7 vs Germany (Rijeka, Croatia; 10 May 2017) |
| Regional Name: | European Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 13 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1988 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Champions (1998) |
The Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team, is the national under-17 football team of the Republic of Ireland and is controlled by the Football Association of Ireland and competes in the annual UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the biennial FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The Republic of Ireland won the 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in Scotland and the 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.
The team has never qualified for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup (formerly the FIFA Under-17 World Championship and FIFA Under-16 World Championship), and did not enter the 1985 edition.
| Year | Round | Squad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA Under-16 World Championship | |||||||||
 1985 | did not enter | ||||||||
 1987 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1989 | |||||||||
| FIFA Under-17 World Championship | |||||||||
 1991 to  2005 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| FIFA Under-17 World Cup | |||||||||
 2007 to  2019 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1] | ||||||||
 2023 | did not qualify | ||||||||
 2025 | to be determined | ||||||||
The Republic of Ireland Under-17s have qualified for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (formerly the UEFA European Under-16 Championship) 11 times, winning the competition in 1998. They hosted the 1994 and 2019 editions and finished in the group stage for both.
| Year | Round | Squad | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA European Under-16 Championship | ||||||||
| 1982 | did not enter | |||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||
 1985 | ||||||||
| 1986 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1987 | ||||||||
| 1988 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Squad |
| 1989 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 1991 | ||||||||
 1992 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Squad |
 1993 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
| 1994 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad |
 1995 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1996 | Quarter-final | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Squad |
| 1997 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 1998 | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Squad |
 1999 | did not qualify | |||||||
 2000 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
| 2001 | did not qualify | |||||||
| UEFA European Under-17 Championship | ||||||||
| 2002 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||
| 2005 | did not qualify (Elite round) | |||||||
 2006 | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Squad |
| 2009 | did not qualify | |||||||
 2010 | did not qualify (Elite round) | |||||||
 2011 | ||||||||
 2012 | ||||||||
 2013 | ||||||||
 2014 | ||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||
 2016 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Squad |
| 2018 | Quarter-final | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Squad |
| 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Squad |
 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] [3] | |||||||
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| 2022 | did not qualify (Elite round) | |||||||
| 2023 | Quarter-final | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | Squad |
| 2024 | did not qualify | |||||||
 2025 | to be determined | |||||||
Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification campaign.
The following players were named in the squad for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification games against Lithuania, Northern Ireland & Scotland on 29 October, 1 & 4 November 2024.[4]
Caps and goals correct as of 4 November 2024, after the match against Scotland.
The following players have also been called up to the Republic of Ireland under-17 squad and remain eligible:
U19 With U19 squad
INJ Withdrew from latest squad due to injury
WD Withdrew from latest squad
SUS Player is suspended
COVID Withdrew from latest squad due to Covid-19 protocols
Note: Names in italics denote players that have been capped for the senior team.